Masher

Masher slipped out this evening, and somehow made his way to the local animal shelter. His people knew to post to Craigslist, but didn't know to check Pet Harbor. An AWOL Dogs member did, though, and Masher's pet parents are sleeping better tonight knowing he is safe at the shelter.

Aggie Has Been Recovered

Aggie, a young female black lab mix, found a way to escape her brand new fenced yard, just moments after she was placed in a new home in Herndon VA. The search began immediately, and it lasted for weeks. Often there were no sightings to go on, but once the right neighborhood was found to spread the word to, the sightings became more frequent. But, she remained elusive. Finally, on March 16th, a call came in from the Fairfax County animal shelter that she had been picked up, and Aggie was home after an overnight stay. The blog devoted to the search for Aggie is at: http://findaggie.blogspot.com

Sandi Has Been Recovered

AWOL Dogs was sent a picture of Sandi, a tri-color beagle lost in Arlington the previous after noon, January 14th, 2011 with a little information about her and how she disappeared. The volunteer that recieved the email sent it around to the AWOL Dogs email list and to other contacts. 

Another AWOL Dogs volunteer looked on Pet Harbor and immediately found Sandi at the Arlington Shelter. It seems she had already been given the name of Pandora!

Sandi's mom, who happens to be new to the area, had called the shelter, before the shelter had opened, and was told that she would get a call around noon. She didn't know anything about http://www.petharbor.com/, and the answering service didn't mention that she might check for her dog there. The AWOL Dogs volunteer called Sandi's mom and sent her the picture from Pet Harbor, and it was indeed Sandi. Welcome back home, little girl!

Bubba Has Been Recovered

Bubba's time away from his family was VERY short-lived thanks to an AWOL Dogs volunteer that found this Craigslist ad several hours after it was posted:

And within minutes, she found this post on Pet Harbor:

Right away, she reached out to the owner, who didn't know that Bubba was at the shelter. This is how we like reunions to be - quick and easy!

Zest Has Been Recovered

Zest is a 55lb husky-aussie mix that slipped her collar/leash while walking with her new foster family shortly after arriving with the family on the evening of Sunday, November 21st. The foster family rightly notified the rescue, who immediately set an email blast in motion. By early the next morning, the email was received by an AWOL Dogs volunteer, who shared it with the group. One member was able to begin checking the shelters online via petharbor.com, and found that Zest had made her way to the shelter pretty quickly. She reached out to the rescue with the contact information from the email, and let her know that Zest was waiting at the Fairfax County shelter for her. The rescue volunteer picked Zest up by the afternoon, and she was back with her foster family less than 24 hours after taking off. But not before having a run-in with a skunk, apparently!

Zest looks happy to be out of the shelter -- again!